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1. (n.) A calling or occupation for which one professes knowledge\; the occupation, if not mechanical, agricultural, or the like, to which one devotes one's self; the business which one professes to understand, and to follow for subsistence; calling; vocation; employment; as, the profession of arms; the profession of a clergyman, lawyer, or physician; the profession of lecturer on chemistry.

2. (n.) The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith.

3. (v.) That which one professed; a declaration; an avowal; a claim; as, his professions are insincere.

4. (n.) The collective body of persons engaged in a calling; as, the profession distrust him.

5. (n.) The act of entering, or becoming a member of, a religious order.

Thesaurus
acceptance acknowledgment admission affidavit affirmance affirmation allegation allowance announcement annunciation appreciation art assertion asseveration attest attestation averment avouchment avowal business calling career career building careerism claim compurgation concession conclusion confession confession of faith craft creed declaration declaration of faith deposition dictum disclosure employment enunciation field game handicraft instrument in proof ipse dixit job legal evidence lifework line line of business line of work manifesto metier mission mystery number occupation position position paper positive declaration post practice predicate predication proclamation pronouncement proposition protest protestation pursuit racket recognition say say-so saying situation specialization specialty sphere stance stand statement sworn evidence sworn statement sworn testimony testimonial testimonium testimony trade utterance vocation vouch walk walk of life witness word work
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

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